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    Ground control

    May 28, 2020 4 minutes
    PHOTOS: ALICIA HORNBY

    I LOVE GROUNDWORK — it’s such a wonderful gateway to creating a true bond with your horse. Learn these groundwork basics and you’ll start to build a body language connection between the two of you, plus these exercises will help your horse to learn to relax and focus more on you.

    The first two exercises — leading and backing up — are the foundations of everything. They teach your horse how to keep connected with you at a nice distance. He’ll learn better spacial awareness and to take responsibility for his position relative to you. You will learn how to use peripheral vision and your mental energy more.

    I find that some people get slightly worried about this new way of leading more remotely and

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